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=== Health === {{Main|Health in the Federated States of Micronesia}} Life expectancy was 66 for men and 69 for women in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life expectancy at birth, male (years) - Micronesia, Fed. Sts. {{!}} Data |publisher=The World Bank |date= |access-date=27 February 2021 |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN?locations=FM&most_recent_value_desc=true |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816010726/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN?locations=FM&most_recent_value_desc=true |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Life expectancy at birth, female (years) - Micronesia, Fed. Sts. {{!}} Data |publisher=The World Bank |date= |access-date=27 February 2021 |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN?locations=FM&most_recent_value_desc=true |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419223437/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN?locations=FM&most_recent_value_desc=true |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Pingelap]] in Pohnpei State is notable for the prevalence of an extreme form of [[color blindness]] called [[Achromatopsia]], and known locally as [[Pingelap#Total color blindness|maskun]].<ref name="Brody_1970"/><ref name="Hussels_1972"/> Approximately 5% of the atoll's 3,000 inhabitants are afflicted.<ref name="Brody_1970">{{cite journal |vauthors=Brody JA, Hussels I, Brink E, Torres J |title=Hereditary blindness among Pingelapese people of Eastern Caroline Islands |journal=Lancet |volume=1 |issue=7659 |pages=1253β7 |year=1970 |pmid=4192495 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(70)91740-X}}</ref><ref name="Hussels_1972">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hussels IE, Morton NE |title=Pingelap and Mokil Atolls: achromatopsia |journal=Am. J. Hum. Genet. |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=304β9 |year=1972 |pmid=4555088 |pmc=1762260}}</ref>
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